diff --git a/src/client/components/TheHomePage.vue b/src/client/components/TheHomePage.vue
index 8f1d92d52f674bb575cc11c7646cc3aa1ba79aad..11f92be7eea4eefdce8cf47c9f9013a2a84febab 100644
--- a/src/client/components/TheHomePage.vue
+++ b/src/client/components/TheHomePage.vue
@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ const versionDate = computed(() => { return store.antibodiesVersionDate })
  * give the user a preview of what to expect after a search.
  */
 onMounted((): void => {
-  store.getStatistics()
-  store.fetchAntibodies(store.request.fetchParams())
-  store.countAntibodies(store.request.countParams())
+  store.getStatistics().then(() => {
+    store.fetchAntibodies(store.request.fetchParams())
+    store.countAntibodies(store.request.countParams())
+  })
 })
 </script>
 
diff --git a/src/client/store.ts b/src/client/store.ts
index 402666a3012f542cfcdcb98cb0fda0976716f83e..e003d5e0cd8d2b90368418d4f85671f3c51d4809 100644
--- a/src/client/store.ts
+++ b/src/client/store.ts
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ export const useStore = defineStore('store', {
      * Get the database statistics from the server and stores it in the
      * corresponding variable in the store.
      */
-    getStatistics(): void {
-      api.getStatistics().then(response => {
+    getStatistics(): Promise<void> {
+      return api.getStatistics().then(response => {
         this.statistics = Object.freeze(response.data)
       }).catch((err: AxiosError) => {
         alert(err.message)